Saturday Afternoon Open

Charles Johnson

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Lots going on in the analog world today, so here’s an open thread for the lizards of the afternoon…

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debutaunt Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:41:55am

“To hell with the handkerchief,” said Walter Mitty scornfully. He took one last drag on his cigarette and snapped it away. Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect and motionless, proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.— James Thurber

Dianna Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:41:56am

Ah! In the open, with 26 minutes to go til noon!

jdog29 Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:42:02am

Happy Easter Lizards!

jcm Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:42:23am

TV show exonerates Osama bin Laden

A Dutch TV jury has found Osama bin Laden not guilty of the September 11 attacks.
In the conclusion Wednesday night to the show "Devil's Advocate" on Dutch public broadcaster Nederland 2, the jury of two men and three women, along with the studio audience, ruled that there was no proof bin Laden was the mastermind behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.

TROOF!

marge45b Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:42:30am

It's a great day to play!

nevergiveup Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:42:34am

Is tomorrow Easter Sunday?

BlueCanuck Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:43:10am

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

jcm Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:43:46am

re: #7 BlueCanuck

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

THE END OF THE WORLD!

RUN!

capitalist piglet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:44:25am

re: #1 debutaunt

Joe Biden is kind of a Walter Mitty.

Dianna Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:44:38am

re: #6 nevergiveup

Is tomorrow Easter Sunday?

So I am told.

DEZes Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:44:41am

re: #7 BlueCanuck

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

Its an evil nuclear furnace. ;)

Son of the Black Dog Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:44:55am

Realwest,

Harking back a couple threads. Have you tried O'Doul's Amber?
Very good, more like real beer than regular O'Doul's.

jaunte Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:45:02am

re: #9 capitalist piglet

Joe Biden is kind of a Walter Mitty.

Did he land under sniper fire too?

nevergiveup Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:45:20am

re: #10 Dianna

So I am told.

I wonder how that's gonna effect the lines at the bagel store on Passover?

nevergiveup Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:45:59am

re: #13 jaunte

Did he land under sniper fire too?

Yes wasn't he on that chopper that was forced down behind enemy lines with Kerry?

capitalist piglet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:46:46am

re: #13 jaunte

Did he land under sniper fire too?

Perhaps. Most recently, he told off President Bush in the Oval Office.

jaunte Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:46:55am

re: #15 nevergiveup

It's seared, seared, somewhere...

Erik The Red Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:47:26am

re: #7 BlueCanuck

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

Gonna miss you on the LNDT.

nevergiveup Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:47:30am

re: #16 capitalist piglet

Perhaps. Most recently, he told off President Bush in the Oval Office.

yeah, but it turns out the President wasn't there?

Dustyvet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:48:49am

re: #7 BlueCanuck

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

Cyrkle Red Rubber Ball

Youtube Video

BlueCanuck Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:49:41am

re: #11 DEZes

Its an evil nuclear furnace. ;)

Really? Does that mean I will mutate?

/hoping....

capitalist piglet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:49:51am

re: #17 jaunte

It's seared, seared, somewhere...

In Kerry's bony, Vietnam vet-smearing ass.

BlueCanuck Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:50:13am

re: #18 Erik The Red

Yeah, I know. I miss those fruitcups, and seeing all the cohorts mucking about.

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:50:29am

For Easter The Bunny Song

solomonpanting Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:50:35am

re: #1 debutaunt

James Thurber once complained that we cut down trees to build asylums to hold people who've been driven crazy by our cutting down trees. Now, we cut down trees to print catalogs to sell sweatshirts urging us to save the planet.

Something I read years ago by a newspaper columnist.

capitalist piglet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:50:40am

re: #7 BlueCanuck

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

I live in Seattle. I have no idea what you're talking about.

FrogMarch Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:50:46am

More fun illness-spreading toxicity from China.

Erik The Red Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:52:00am

re: #23 BlueCanuck

Yeah, I know. I miss those fruitcups, and seeing all the cohorts mucking about.

Don't forget about the Boobies. Can we do Boobies on the day time threads?

Dustyvet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:52:53am

re: #23 BlueCanuck

Yeah, I know. I miss those fruitcups, and seeing all the cohorts mucking about.

“The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

capitalist piglet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:53:19am

re: #19 nevergiveup

yeah, but it turns out the President wasn't there?

Maybe the press should ask Biden to clarify.

(Oh, who am I kidding?)

lawhawk Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:53:27am

Well, here's a quick roundup of world events:

The ASEAN conference is buggered because of protesters storming the gates.

The pirates continue their terror campaign on the high seas. The WH is MIA.

US municipalities do what they always do when times are tough; they raise taxes and fees (including apparently charging people for emergency service responses). NY is the tax capital of the world. Figures.

Where's the Federal Reserve and those bank stress tests we were hearing about?

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:53:36am

re: #7 BlueCanuck

Heh, I am an afternoon lizard now. Any one know what that bright ball in the sky is again?

re: #21 BlueCanuck

Really? Does that mean I will mutate?

/hoping....

The Air Force believes it's probably an observation baloon........LOL.

As to mutating-let's just try to get ya' evolved, Blue.......

/white Smoke........

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:54:21am

re: #26 capitalist piglet

I live in Seattle. I have no idea what you're talking about.

We had something that might have been the sun on Wednesday in Van, WA

jaunte Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:54:43am

re: #27 FrogMarch

More fun illness-spreading toxicity from China.

Here's some exciting news for taxpayers:
"The federal government does not regulate the chemical ingredients of imported drywall."

jwb7605 Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:54:47am

What kind of commenter are you?
Article seems to nail all the categories.
Charles' observations?

DEZes Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:55:06am

re: #21 BlueCanuck

Really? Does that mean I will mutate?

/hoping....

Or, you may evolve. ;)

BlueCanuck Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:55:18am

re: #32 Pietr

Me? Evolved? But I want to mutate instead. ;)

Dustyvet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:55:47am

“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:56:53am

re: #37 BlueCanuck

Me? Evolved? But I want to mutate instead. ;)

No-we refuse to have a Mutated Blue Canuck; he'll want super hero/villain status, if we allow it.........Sheesh.

capitalist piglet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:57:17am

re: #33 Steve

We had something that might have been the sun on Wednesday in Van, WA

Is that what that was? I saw that, too. Then it went away, as quickly as it appeared...so I figured it was just my imagination.

I've seen the sun in photographs!

BlueCanuck Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:57:31am

re: #38 Dustyvet

Speaking of running... BBIAB, time to make sure the building hasn't walked off on me.

jcm Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:58:28am

re: #40 capitalist piglet

Is that what that was? I saw that, too. Then it went away, as quickly as it appeared...so I figured it was just my imagination.

I've seen the sun in photographs!

Just photoshops images..... the Sun is Myth perpetuated to give those in the Northwet false hope.

debutaunt Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:58:41am

re: #33 Steve

We had something that might have been the sun on Wednesday in Van, WA

Do you use a negative number SPF?

Dustyvet Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:59:24am

re: #39 Pietr

No-we refuse to have a Mutated Blue Canuck; he'll want super hero/villain status, if we allow it.........Sheesh.

Nah let Blue Mutate, I want to see the uniform after he does...

/white smoke...

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:59:28am

re: #36 DEZes

Or, you may evolve. ;)

GMTA......:>))

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:59:31am

re: #35 jwb7605

What kind of commenter are you?
Article seems to nail all the categories.
Charles' observations?

I loved his comment:

I hate to tell Malone this, but 10,000 comments is a slow week here at Hot Air. In three years, we have archived 1.7 million comments,

Which figures out to 10897.43589743589743589732589 comments per week.
Not much different that Malone's

FrogMarch Sat, Apr 11, 2009 11:59:51am

re: #34 jaunte

Here's some exciting news for taxpayers:
"The federal government does not regulate the chemical ingredients of imported drywall."

great.
Where are the eco-greenies on this one?

DEZes Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:00:31pm

re: #45 Pietr

GMTA......:>))

I just saw that.
Hope your well today.

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:00:43pm

re: #40 capitalist piglet

Is that what that was? I saw that, too. Then it went away, as quickly as it appeared...so I figured it was just my imagination.

I've seen the sun in photographs!

I have photos of the sun. My friends tell me that they are photos of lightbulbs.

Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:01:26pm

re: #31 lawhawk

“If you allow banks to talk about it, people are just going to assume that the ones that don’t comment about it failed,” said Paul Miller, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets in Arlington, Virginia.

You know those banking execs are going to leak.

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:01:26pm

re: #43 debutaunt

Do you use a negative number SPF?

No I am of hearty stock. I wear an umbrella.

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:01:31pm

re: #44 Dustyvet

Nah let Blue Mutate, I want to see the uniform after he does...

/white smoke...

It'll be blue, with lighning flashes, and a BIG red maple leak on his chest-wanna bet?

lawhawk Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:01:50pm

re: #35 jwb7605

What kind of commenter are you?
Article seems to nail all the categories.
Charles' observations?

Well, we've got more than our fair share of mystery geniuses (zombie and ayaltollah ghilimeni come to mind).

There's the hybrids, like OR or buzzsaw who are both droll and pwn3rs.

jaunte Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:02:08pm

re: #47 FrogMarch

"We don't need drywall, we're treesitters."

Ziggy Standard Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:03:33pm

Old-fashioned Maxwell House seder at the White House

[Link: www.hurryupharry.org...]

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:03:41pm

re: #48 DEZes

I just saw that.
Hope your well today.

Can't complain, tho I have 'qwertyuiop' on my forehead now, from dozing at the keyboard.......:>))

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:04:18pm

re: #52 Pietr

It'll be blue, with lighning flashes, and a BIG red maple leak on his chest-wanna bet?

PIMF-LEAF, not leak....

jwb7605 Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:05:38pm

re: #53 lawhawk

Well, we've got more than our fair share of mystery geniuses (zombie and ayaltollah ghilimeni come to mind).

There's the hybrids, like OR or buzzsaw who are both droll and pwn3rs.

I'm hoping Walter comments.
Just sayin' ...
This sounds a bit familiar, too:

I dabble a little bit in each category. As an aside…SCREW ALL OF YOU! Who cares about this topic?

hot-heir on April 11, 2009 at 1:47 PM

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:05:42pm

Did anyone happen to see 20/20 last night? They did an episode on concealed carry an having guns when the baddies show up.

Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:06:05pm

re: #35 jwb7605

The Unacknowledged Expert -- A version of the lecturer, this is the undoubtedly insufficiently credentialed poster who feels the need to systematically point out how stupid everyone else is in order to prove how brilliant they are. I always picture these guys as the frustrated adult result of smart kids who didn't listen to their high school guidance counselors.

The Mystery Genius -- These folks are just the opposite of unacknowledged experts. Whoever they are, they post comments that are so shockingly clever or brilliant that you are left wondering who they are: Slumming Nobel Laureates? Bored nobility? The first glimpse of the Internet gaining consciousness?

Although I'd like to consider myself a Mystery Genius I think Unacknowledged Excpert fits better.

jwb7605 Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:07:14pm

re: #59 Steve

Did anyone happen to see 20/20 last night? They did an episode on concealed carry an having guns when the baddies show up.

I missed it ... were the concealed carry people heroes or villains?
Serious question ... with 20/20 you never know!

[deleted] Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:07:45pm

Pupdawg Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:08:03pm

re: #13 jaunte

Did he land under sniper fire too?

Seeing a new movie here, 'Blackdove Down!'

Dianna Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:08:23pm

re: #59 Steve

Did anyone happen to see 20/20 last night? They did an episode on concealed carry an having guns when the baddies show up.

We recorded it for a friend. I watched a bit of it, and thought it had an ideological agenda from the first.

Among other things, they stuck the "defenders" in the first tier, top of the key every time, instead of where someone carrying (if he/she had any sense) would be sitting, which is up high and in a corner.

Boxy_brown Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:09:32pm

Its Cold/wet... out of coffee...Going to the gym. This concludes the PSA.

Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:09:41pm

No retort from Tea Party organizers yet? The Tea Party video yesterday caused quite a buzz but mostly from supportive lefties. I wonder if Tea Party organizers are going to attempt to fix the problem or just ignore it.

jcm Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:09:45pm

re: #56 Pietr

Can't complain, tho I have 'qwertyuiop' on my forehead now, from dozing at the keyboard.......:>))

Wouldn't it be...
doınʎʇɹǝʍb

mad_scientist Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:10:48pm

looks like the pirates have struch again.........

rawmuse Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:11:12pm

re: #59 Steve

Their message: just let the bad guys have their way with you.
Ain't buying it.

mad_scientist Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:11:24pm

re: #65 Boxy_brown

Its Cold/wet... out of coffee...Going to the gym. This concludes the PSA.

gotta love that avatar......ATHF is great....

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:11:24pm

re: #61 jwb7605

I missed it ... were the concealed carry people heroes or villains?
Serious question ... with 20/20 you never know!

Here are the videos of the program. Start with the top video.

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

mad_scientist Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:11:55pm

pimf* "struck"

Dianna Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:12:10pm

re: #66 Killgore Trout

No retort from Tea Party organizers yet? The Tea Party video yesterday caused quite a buzz but mostly from supportive lefties. I wonder if Tea Party organizers are going to attempt to fix the problem or just ignore it.

I thought you had decided you didn't care?

Ziggy Standard Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:12:18pm

Church: more fun than you thought

Youtube Video

[deleted] Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:12:47pm

Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:13:12pm

re: #73 Dianna
What gave you that impression?
I'm definitely not going to attend but I'm interested in how this develops.

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:13:18pm

re: #67 jcm

Wouldn't it be...
doınʎʇɹǝ&#x028D ;b

Nah, must've got a perfect angle, like sleeping standing up as Barracks Guard stateside-pretending to read the sign in log/make an entry......:>))

Steve Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:14:06pm

Sorry, I got to go run the Husky. She is sitting next to me an talkin to me. Actually I ride the bike and she pulls me along.

You all have a nice day and a Happy Easter.

rawmuse Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:14:59pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

My prediction, it will be the Conficker virus of political events.

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:15:53pm

re: #78 Steve

Sorry, I got to go run the Husky. She is sitting next to me an talkin to me. Actually I ride the bike and she pulls me along.

You all have a nice day and a Happy Easter.

Enjoy your ride.......and nice day/Happy Easter back at ya', if you don't sign back on b4 then......

Ojoe Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:16:06pm

This piracy should be an easy mop up for the navy, but where are O's balls?

Dianna Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:16:54pm

re: #76 Killgore Trout

What gave you that impression?
I'm definitely not going to attend but I'm interested in how this develops.

I think I must have missed a step; yesterday morning (I think?) you were expressing pleasure at having detached yourself from this story/issue. I never thought you were going to attend, btw, you'd made your distaste clear some time ago; but I was under the impression that you had washed your hands of the foolishness.

For your sake, I was glad you had. I thought you were getting unnecessarily worked up.

Killgore Trout Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:16:56pm

re: #79 rawmuse

I think they'll get pretty good attendance and maybe some MSM coverage. Local TV stations always have some reporter at the post office on the 15th. If these guys were smart they'd show up there to protest.

jcm Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:17:12pm

re: #59 Steve

Did anyone happen to see 20/20 last night? They did an episode on concealed carry an having guns when the baddies show up.

I read the text report. Training is important but they overplayed it.

Watch some of the shoot out videos on Youtube or Liveleak. Once the shooting starts even cops have trouble. One famous one in Ohio, cop and bad empty magazines at each other standing 10 feet apart.

What they didn't discuss was the bad guy.
In both the Binghamton shooting and at VT the shooters fired around 10 rounds per victim, with few hits. The shooters are expecting no resistance so someone returning fire is likely to shake the shooter up more than the defender. Also shooters tend to off themselves when resistance in the form of police show up.

It was not balanced at all from what I saw.

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:17:49pm

re: #81 Ojoe

This piracy should be an easy mop up for the navy, but where are O's balls?

Ms Manners would tell you that WAB has 'em in a lockbox-personally, I think she wears 'em........

/white smoke..........

rawmuse Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:20:33pm

If there is one thing that I have learned in this life, is that when you go up against the IRS, the result is that you lose. They have unlimited resources, and if it comes to it, guys with guns and badges. Additionally, they are not hamstrung by things like common sense and simple ethics, for instance, they will spend $100k in taxpayer resources in order to collect $32, and chalk it up to "compliance efforts".

Dr. Shalit Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:21:26pm

re: #81 Ojoe

This piracy should be an easy mop up for the navy, but where are O's balls?

Ojoe -

Why use a MOP when a broom and dustpan will do?

-S-

Pietr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:23:22pm

re: #86 rawmuse

If there is one thing that I have learned in this life, is that when you go up against the IRS, the result is that you lose. They have unlimited resources, and if it comes to it, guys with guns and badges. Additionally, they are not hamstrung by things like common sense and simple ethics, for instance, they will spend $100k in taxpayer resources in order to collect $32, and chalk it up to "compliance efforts".

Not to mention, they do it all without you ever seeing a judge, and they intentionally ruin whatever business you have-they, like the Post Office, get to play judge, jury, and sometimes executioner....not nice people to pee off........

jwb7605 Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:24:34pm

re: #71 Steve

Here are the videos of the program. Start with the top video.

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Thanks!
I've only done the first video, and my conclusions are not to sit in the front, and not to wear a long tight fitting T-shirt over the weapon.

SixDegrees Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:25:08pm

re: #66 Killgore Trout

No retort from Tea Party organizers yet? The Tea Party video yesterday caused quite a buzz but mostly from supportive lefties. I wonder if Tea Party organizers are going to attempt to fix the problem or just ignore it.

They're all for it. And by the way - you're an evil RINO, twit and asshole for casting it in a negative light. Or so I'm told.

Michelle Malkin is largely responsible for whipping this into a rabid froth. Go check any post on her site related to Tea Parties, and you'll be astonished and saddened at the comments you find there, especially those directed against anyone who dares suggest that this is handing the media red meat that they'll be serving up for years to come.

[deleted] Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:25:26pm

SixDegrees Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:32:27pm

re: #91 Iron Fist

I may have related how me and my boys stopped a robbery one time. long story short, homeboy walked in with a little pistol (chrome or stainless; I wasn't comparing our hardware at the time :-), and we were sitting in the back. We had two guns for sure, maybe four (I just don't remember if two of us were carrying or what they were carrying. This was 22-23 years ago). All we did is get up and start unlimbering weaponry.

The guys (there were two of them) decided that discretion was the better part of valor and bugged out. The last thing I saw of them was the soles of their shoes.

We decided that discretion was the better part of valor, too. We didn't hang around to make a police report :-)

This is actually a pretty typical self-defense use of firearms. No shots fired by anybody. Generally when the bad guy learns that you are going to be cranking rounds downrange at them they decide that they don't want to be there.

Since our state passed a unified concealed carry law - eliminating the insane precinct-by-precinct approval process, which varied widely - armed robberies have plummeted. It just isn't worth it anymore, when you don't know who else in the store might be packing.

Gun control advocates predicted ahead of passage that we would be ankle-deep in blood within weeks of approval. Instead, crime rates of all kinds have decreased, lead by the aforementioned armed robbery category.

So far, after several years, there have been no notable CC shootings. It hasn't turned the state into the Wild West. It's just made the criminals think twice before brandishing their own (usually crappy) weapons (that they don't know how to use.) The CC law requires several hours of safety training and target practice, so you're up against someone who takes care of his weapons and knows how to use them.

Bad news all around for the criminal element.

LGoPs Sat, Apr 11, 2009 12:57:26pm

re: #4 jcm

TV show exonerates Osama bin Laden

TROOF!

In the conclusion Wednesday night to the show "Devil's Advocate" on Dutch public broadcaster Nederland 2, the jury of two men and three women, along with the studio audience, ruled that there was no proof bin Laden was the mastermind behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.

In the sequel to this episode, another jury determined that there was no proof that this jury of men and women and the studio audience had any brains at all.......

tommygum Sat, Apr 11, 2009 1:10:54pm

re: #20 Dustyvet

Cyrkle Red Rubber Ball

They played at my prom.

meeshlr Sat, Apr 11, 2009 1:31:58pm

I'd like a lizard opinion on something.

I've lived in Canada for over ten years. I pay taxes here and my children attend public school. I'd like to have some say in local politics. I don't think that I would run for office but I'd like to vote and maybe serve on committees.

To do either, I would have to get Canadian citizenship.

I qualified to apply after only three years here. (Yes ... it's quite easy in Canada.)

However ... I'm an American. I don't think that I could swear allegiance to the Queen or another country.

What do you think about dual citizenship?

Shay4l Sat, Apr 11, 2009 1:32:50pm

re: #38 Dustyvet

“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

You don't have to outrun the bear, you just have to outrun the guy you're hiking with.

wiffersnapper Sat, Apr 11, 2009 1:36:44pm

I wonder how obama is going to appease the whole pirate situation. Bailout Somalia? Make them honorary US citizens? Blame Bush?

Spar Kling Sat, Apr 11, 2009 2:11:43pm

re: #92 SixDegrees

Gun control advocates predicted ahead of passage that we would be ankle-deep in blood within weeks of approval. Instead, crime rates of all kinds have decreased, lead by the aforementioned armed robbery category.

The sad thing is that the Liberals will never, ever, ever admit that they were wrong. They are not interested in discovering truth, but merely in self indulgent absolution of their collective political and personal guilt feelings.

In contrast, Conservatives are too busy with their lives to do what they ought to which is repeating and spreading such findings. Instead, Conservatives are distracted by Liberals changing the national attention every few minutes/days whenever the truth starts catching up with them.

And Statists simply want your every political, economic, and organic activity under their direct control, requiring 12 forms, 7 years, and hours of begging to get the simplest thing approved.

-sk

Charles Johnson Sat, Apr 11, 2009 2:23:23pm

re: #98 Spar Kling

The sad thing is that the Liberals will never, ever, ever admit that they were wrong. They are not interested in discovering truth, but merely in self indulgent absolution of their collective political and personal guilt feelings.

Nice.

This comes from the guy who swore he was going to provide a long list of "peer reviewed" papers on intelligent design, never provided it, and has been dodging the issue ever since. The guy who claimed he had a "science degree" that was supposed to make his creationist views more credible, then refused to say what field of science this alleged degree was in.

You might be familiar with this quote: